Joe Baker	Hibernian FC, Arsenal FC 8 appearances, 3 goals P 8 W 3 D 3 L 2 F 14: A 12 *(actual F 13: A 12) 56% successful 1959-66 disciplined: none captaincies: none minutes played: 665
Profile
Full name	Joseph Henry Baker	(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born	17 July 1940 in Liverpool, Lancashire, raised in Wishaw, Lanark [registered in Liverpool South, September 1940]. Attended Park Street Primary School and St Joseph's High School, Wishaw
Family notes	Born to English father, George and Scottish mother, Elizabeth, his older brother Gerry was born in New York in 1938, before they came to Liverpool, and onto Lanarkshire when he was six weeks old.
Died	6 October 2003 at Wishaw General Hospital, North Lanarkshire, suffered a heart-attack during a celebrity golf match at Lanark Golf Club, aged 62 years 81 days, former referee David Syme tried to resuscitate him. [not registered in England].
Height/Weight	5' 8", 11st. 7lbs [1963].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies	The Fabulous Baker Boys: The Greatest Strikers Scotland Never Had - Tom Maxwell (Birlinn Ltd, 19 September 2013)
Club Career
Club(s)	Played schoolboy in Wishaw, playing for Motherwell Boys' Guild. After leaving school, Baker turned out with Coltness United FC and Armadale Thistle FC, and represented both Lanarkshire and the East Scotland Junior Association, from there he was signed by Hibernian FC, and he signed his first professional contract in June 1956, he played in 117 league matches, scoring 102 times. His outstanding goalscoring record was soon noted by Italian club, Torino, where he was signed for £73,000 in May 1961 and played with Denis Law, he made nineteen Italian league appearances, scoring seven times. He left after needing life-saving surgery when he crashed his Alfa Romeo Geulietta Sprint. Arsenal manager, Billy Wright, convinced his board of directors to part with £67,500 to bring Baker to Highbury on 16 July 1962. He scored 93 goals in 144 league appearances. In February 1966, Nottingham Forest FC paid £60,000 for his services and he returned 118 league appearances with 41 goals. In June 1969, Sunderland AFC took him to Roker Park for a £30,000 fee, making forty league appearances, scoring twelve goals. He rejoined Hibernian FC in July 1971 for £12,000, making another twenty league appearances, and another twelve goals. he scored nine goals in one cup tie for Hibs. Finally turned out for Raith Rovers FC between June 1972 and October 1974 when he made 49 league appearances and scoring 34 goals. His overall total was 301 league goals in 507 league appearances.
Club honours	Scottish FA Cup runners-up 1957-58; Football League runners-up 1966-67
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Scored a record 42 goals for Hibernians in 1959-60. Brother of Gerry Baker (USA, Manchester City FC and Ipswich Town FC)
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of four who became 786th players (788) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre-forward
First match	No. 337, 18 November 1959, England 2 Northern Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 19 years 124 days.
Last match	No. 396, 5 January 1966, England 1 Poland 1, a friendly match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 25 years 172 days.
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 1966 (standby); British Championships 1959-60, 1965-66;
Team honours	British Championships shared 1959-60, winners 1965-66;
Individual honours	England U23 (six appearances, four goals), Scotland schoolboy (two appearances)
Distinctions	The first player to be capped for England whilst playing for a club outside the Football League.
Beyond England
Had a spell as a manager/coach of Fauldhouse United FC in 1980, and had two spells managing Albion Rovers FC in 1981-82 and 1983-84. Since leaving football, has lived in the Wishaw area and employed as a licensee and in the building industry. Also became a club hospitality host at Hibernian FC. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.20.

Joe Baker - Match History
Club: Hibernian F.C. - 5 full caps Coach: Walter Winterbottom - 5 full capsx
Age 18
1	u23	24 September 1958 - England U23 4 Poland U23 1, Hillsborough, Sheffield	Fr	HW	Start	9
2	u23	15 October 1958 - England U23 3 Czechoslovakia U23 0, Carrow Road, Norwich	Fr	HW	Start	9
Age 19
3	u23	11 November 1959 - England U23 2 France U23 0, Roker Park, Sunderland	Fr	HW	Start	9
1	337	18 November 1959 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW	Start 17	9
4	u23	16 March 1960 - England U23 5 Netherlands U23 2, Hillsborough, Sheffield	Fr	HW	Start	9
2	338	9 April 1960 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AD	Start	9
3	339	11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	Start	9
4	340	15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0, El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Tour	AL	Start	9
5	341	22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0, Népstadion, Budapest		AL	Start	9
Age 20
u/o	u23	21 September 1960 - England U23 5 Vejle Boldklub 1, Maine Road, Manchester	Fr	HW	Start	9
5	u23	2 November 1960 - England U23 1 Italy U23 1, St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Fr	HD	Start	9
Club: Arsenal F.C. - 3 full caps Coach: Alf Ramsey - 3 full capsx
Age 22
6	u23	21 March 1963 - England U23 0 Yugoslavia U23 0, Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HD	Start	9
Age 25
6	394	10 November 1965 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW	Start 19	9
7	395	8 December 1965 - Spain 0 England 2, El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Fr	AW	Start 8 off 35	9
			0-1 when substituted
8	396	5 January 1966 - England 1 Poland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool	Fr	HD	Start	9
Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7. He then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall. Joe Baker was one of the twelve cut, but asked to remain on standby.

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